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Chapter 4

The Gathering

Dewpaw felt exhausted she had just finished helping Whitepaw with the elders. For some reason she had an urge to go curl up in her nest and fall fast asleep under the Silverpelt. She could see Spiderleg pad over to her. His amber eyes glowed with warmth. "Hello Dewpaw. Firestar said he wants you to join us at the Gathering. He wants you to get used of our ways in a Clan, so behave ok?" he teased. She felt her pelt get heavy and she wrinkled her nose in protest. "I'm not a kit anymore." she sneered.

"I know." he meowed his voice still seemed to burn her in anger. "Come on already then."

"What? We're going tonight?" she whined.

"Yes." he retorted. Dewpaw gave in. She didn't feel like pointless arguing although being with Spiderleg made her feel more relaxed then she was with the other warriors maybe he was the only warrior she was more familiar with. Whitepaw skirted over to Dewpaw and Spiderleg, her tail flicked irritably. "You two sound like Brambleclaw and Squirrelflight." she joshed. Dewpaw remembered the two quarreling earlier and shook her head in disagreement.

"They could go on forever. The both bossy furball always tries to pick fights with her." snapped Spiderleg. At an instant she knew he was referring to how Brambleclaw always acted like the deputy even though Whitepaw had told her that the deputy was a cat named Graystripe and also Firestar's best friend. She felt horrible when she heard what happened to him and the Clan before she joined. Although it would've been life threatening she would've wanted to join them on their quest to their previous home.

"So you should get going, Dewpaw." Whitepaw pointed to the leaving party of cats leaded by Firestar. "And don't forget to tell me all about it when you get back." Dewpaw nodded and pressed her nose against her friend's. "Count on it, stupid furball." she teased.

"Come on!" moaned Spiderleg giving her a nudge. Dewpaw said her final goodbye to Whitepaw as she followed after her mentor in the dark moonlight.

The white light shone among the surface of the lake. Dewpaw felt her claws unsheathe with her small knowledge of being this close to the lake. She gazed upward and felt as if the stars burned courage into her. Ashfur and Spiderleg padded next to her as they followed after Firestar who was flanked by Sandstorm, Dustpelt, and Cloudtail. She looked behind her and saw the familiar faces of the medicine cat Cinderpelt and Brackenfur along with Goldenflower. Dewpaw knew she was nervous of going onto the island but somehow her fear was over from the excitement she felt.

"So Dewpaw." she heard Ashfur say to her. "How was your first day training? Was Spiderleg going easy on you?" Spiderleg tensed at his words and Dewpaw could see Ashfur was concentrating his stare on Squirrelflight who was walking over by the shoreline with her sister Leafpool. Dewpaw perked her ears as she looked a few fox-lengths away from them was a large barn. The smells of unfamiliar cats made her wrinkle her nose with distaste.

"Where are we?" she asked the two warriors beside her. Spiderleg let out a loud sigh. "This is the Twoleg barn where some kittypets live." Ashfur nodded his head in agreement. Dewpaw sensed they were right after all she didn't know anything around this part of the forest.

They crossed the marshy ground where Spiderleg and Ashfur had told Dewpaw was where they had made their temporary camp when they first reached the lake. Dewpaw raised her head and sniffed the air. This smell was much different from what she smelled in ThunderClan cats.

"What's that scent?" she snorted her blues glowing with annoyance. Spiderleg let out a mrrow of laughter and made a small glance at the island up ahead.

"That's RiverClan scent, remember it well Dewpaw." he warned. She nodded and looked ahead, the lakeshore ahead of them was full of cats, it was easier to see them in the full moon's light. Firestar led them onto what smelled like a pine tree. All the cats were staring up at the stump, untrustingly. As soon as the warriors ahead of them got across. Waiting for Ashfur and Spiderleg to cross she stared blindly at the island, a dark brown tom stared in her direction with icy blue eyes.

"Who's that?" she thought to herself as she followed after her mentor onto the stump, it felt dry and dead underneath her paws. Somehow she could see Brambleclaw head over toward the dark tom who'd been watching her and ThunderClan come over to the island.

"That's Hawkfrost." whispered Spiderleg as if he read her thoughts. "He's a suspicious cat, I wouldn't trust him if I were you. He's also Brambleclaw's half brother."

"Brambleclaw's?" she echoed. He nodded and kept moving flanking Dewpaw as they continued talking. Dewpaw felt her heart race. "I can't wait to explore the island." she purred.

"Me either." replied Spiderleg his amber eyes shined with excitement. A purr rumbled in her throat and she ran towards the center of the island, Spiderleg followed after her. She could see Leafpool in the distance not too far from where Squirrelflight was with Ashfur, only she was with a golden dappled tabby she'd never seen before.

"Hey Spiderleg. Could you help me?" she blurted out loud. The dark tom looked confused as she pointed to several cats she'd never seen before. Spiderleg let out a loud sigh as he began to tell her what the cat's names were.

"I'm sorry." she muttered to him as they headed around some bramble bushes. Spiderleg let out a small purr and touched his nose against hers. "Don't worry so much." he teased. "You're new and how are you supposed to know anyway?"

"But-" she started to protest but Cloudtail gave her a small warning glare to be quiet. Was the Gathering starting now, she wondered as she stared at Firestar who raced across the clearing and leap into a tree. Spiderleg was silent as he looked over at his leader.

"I wonder if Leopardstar will allow this to be the Gathering spot, I mean it's such a incredible spot." she could hear some of the WindClan cats mew in the distance, she recognized Leafpool beside Mothwing who was staring at a group of WindClan warriors.

"What's Leafpool doing?" she asked Spiderleg pointing to the pale brown tabby. Spiderleg shrugged his shoulders and flicked his tail curiously. "I wonder-" he mewed.

"Wonder what?"

" Never mind. Let's just see what Firestar has to say about his tree." Dewpaw sighed, Spiderleg wasn't very serious around her sometimes it annoyed her.

"Blackstar! Leopardstar! Onestar! We could sit here for the Gathering." called Firestar. Dewpaw watched as a bulky white tom with black paws pad over towards the ginger leader then leapt onto a branch close to Firestar's, deep in thought.

"Bet you Blackstar wishes he would've thought of that first." she heard Ashfur meow to Squirrelflight. Dewpaw gave her chest a quick lick then stared ahead unaware and excited on what would happen next. A golden tabby she-cat with leopard spots was next to appear, along with a brown tabby tom who jumped to a higher branch then the other three. Her tail flinched and the fur along her spine bristled as she saw the brown warrior, Hawkfrost beside Brambleclaw staring up at Mistyfoot and Leopardstar his eyes filled with hostility and ambition.

Not the best ending for this chapter but now Dewpaw has seen "a little" of the thousands of times Hawkfrost has shown his "ambition" at first when Squirrelflight got so upset about Hawkfrost I really didn't mind him but in Twilight and Sunset I felt more ambition then Tigerstar sometimes and thought Brambleclaw at some points didn't think well enough he "even" thought about killing Firestar but I still love Brambleclaw he roxs and I'm starting my new fanfic about Lionpaw but I had to get rid of Eye of the Lion cause I didn't like how I made it and am starting a new one.

R&R and no flames..